Tools for Marking the Text on PDF Documents or Images

Students have been marking up their paper copies of text for years with pencils and highlighters. This is a great strategy for engaging with the reading content and increasing comprehension.

So what do we do when we want to annotate digital documents like PDFs, websites and digital images? Fortunately, there are some great online tools available that make marking the text a reality in a digital environment.

Check out the options below and decide which tool is best for your needs.

Kami

• PDF annotation tool (draw, add text, highlight, etc.).\
• Split and merge PDFs.
• Account required (login with Google).
• Freemium Chrome extension (Free basic. Upgrade to annotate images, etc.)

DocHub

• Sign and edit PDFs. Use text, draw, highlight, comment and more.
• Open PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, TXT, DOCX, PPTX and more from your computer or Drive.
• Merge, reorder, append, rotation and delete pages. Fill in fields on PDF forms.
• Free Chrome extension.

Xodo

• Open, merge, insert, delete, reorder and rotate PDFs from your computer or Drive.
• Open and annotate pdf, docx, pptx, jpeg or png file types.
• Use touchscreens to write in ideas and answers on pdfs or images.
• Free website. No account required.

Print Friendly PDF

• Turn any website into a PDF.
• Eliminate ads or any other web content you don't want to have on your document.
• Once you've created a PDF, you can annotate with one of the previous tools.
• Free Chrome extension.